The Myth of War

RCC_9693, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The myth of war is essential to justify the horrible sacrifices
     required in war, the destruction and the death of innocents.
     It can be formed only by denying the reality of war, by turning
     the lies, the manipulation, the inhumanness of war into heroic
     ideal. 

        Chris Hedges, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

Resurgam

     Exiled afar from youth and happy love,

     If death should ravish my fond spirit hence

     I have no doubt but, like a homing dove,

     It would return to its dear residence,

     And through a thousand stars find out the road

     Back into earthly flesh that was its loved abode.

       Alan Seeger